Memorable Pictures of World Events (30 September – 9 October, 2017)

Protesters during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, to support the Catalan independence referendum on October 3, 2017.

An Israeli soldier runs after a Palestinian protester during clashes at a protest near the West Bank town of Tubas on September 27, 2017.

Models display creations from the Dolce&Gabbana Spring/Summer 2018 show at Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, on September 24, 2017.

A protester attempts to flee from anti-riot police in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 26, 2017, during a demonstration to demand the removal of electoral commission officials accused of bungling the August 8 presidential election.

Syrian Kurdish girls take a selfie while celebrating in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on September 25, 2017, in support of the independence referendum in Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region.

A man balances on a line stretched over the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 25, 2017.

Smoke and flames rise over a warehouse storing ammunition for multiple rocket launcher systems at a military base in the town of Kalynivka in Vinnytsia region, Ukraine, on September 27, 2017.

Yemeni scouts take part in a parade to celebrate the anniversary of the 1962 revolution, in the country’s capital Sanaa, on September 25, 2017.

Lingerie brand Etam presents its latest Paris fashion show with live music at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, France, on September 26, 2017.

A cargo ship sails on the Mediterranean Sea during a thunderstorm some 20 nautical miles from Malta on September 24, 2017.

A municipal worker washes the Lenin monument by sculptor Anikushin on Moskovskaya Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 28, 2017, ahead of the centenary of the October Revolution.

Kadri Gursel kisses his wife after his release from Silivri prison on September 26, 2017 in Istanbul, following a Turkish court order to free the columnist and editorial director of Turkey’s opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet.

Quotes and Sayings

Sports is the common denominator in the world that brings everyone together. If there's any one place in the world where there is equality, it is probably sports. That was something that didn't always exist. We've come a long way in sports. Why can't soci